THE WOLF THAT LOOKS LIKE ME

Intro Everybody warned me about the wolves. Nobody warned me— one of ’em would know my name.

Verse 1 I learned young to bare my teeth Before the world could see me bleed Turned every wound into a wall Then swore I never hurt at all Pride kept strangers from my door Then drove away the ones worth more It stood behind me, tall and black And ate the bridges at my back

Pre-Chorus Every time I bowed my head Something in me stood instead

Chorus There’s a wolf that looks like me Wearing all my history It feeds on every word I swallow Every man I’ll never follow Kept me standing, kept me mean Killed the better man in me I don’t fear what hunts these trees— I fear the wolf that looks like me

Verse 2 He was there when she said, “Stay” Whispered, “Let her walk away” When my brother reached his hand That wolf made sure I’d never bend Now every room I enter knows The cold arrives before I do I won every fight I couldn’t lose And lost the ones I didn’t choose

Chorus There’s a wolf that looks like me Wearing all my history It feeds on every word I swallow Every man I’ll never follow Kept me standing, kept me mean Killed the better man in me I don’t fear what hunts these trees— I fear the wolf that looks like me

Bridge Maybe strength ain’t never kneeling Maybe pride ain’t never healing Maybe courage ain’t a fight Maybe it’s letting someone see The frightened man beneath the teeth Before that wolf eats me alive There’s a wolf that looks like me But he ain’t everything I’ll be I fed him anger, fed him grief— Tonight, that animal goes hungry I don’t fear what hunts these trees I fear the wolf— that looks like me

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